Lost Leaders: Countdowns and the Metadata of Film (2011 – )

Matt Soar in collaboration with Jackie Gallant

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Lost Leaders #5 (interactive)

October 29, 2012

Working with video as a field of thumbnail-size compositions, each with sound.

WATCH/PLAY: Lost Leaders #5 (Korsakow)

NB Korsakow films do not currently play on mobile devices such as iPads.

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A more refined film, incorporating some elements from LL#2, but with more material, six videos sequences, and a more self-conscious relationship between the various sound …

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  • Take me to your leaders!

    I am always interested in collecting more leaders: the ordinary, the obscure, or downright peculiar. Any language, any format, any condition; with or without the 'actual' films attached. Just let me know! In most cases I can pay reasonable shipping costs, or collect (depending on location).

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    This research-creation project is the work of Matt Soar, intermedia artist, filmmaker, and Professor of Communication Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, in occasional collaboration with sound artist Jackie Gallant.

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  • ©2011 Lost Leaders: Countdowns and the Metadata of Film. All rights reserved. From 2011 to 2014 Lost Leaders was indirectly supported by a research-creation grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. It’s currently running on a wing and prayer.